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to squelch

to squelch

3 7.0
Make a soft, wet sucking sound, for example when you walk on mud
  • verb
  • /skwɛltʃ/
translation icon : chapotear
  • The children squelched through the muddy puddles, laughing as the water splashed around them.
  • mud squelched
  • boots squelched
  • feet squelched

Examples

  • Squelching up onto the bank, dripping and shivering, Summer wrapped her arms around herself.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Three days later, a wagon came squelching down the muddy highway from Orange Court House in the late afternoon.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • His left foot squelched in its boot, propped on the snowbank.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The cracked, dry earth suddenly gave way to mud flats, and her shoes squelched and sank into the mud, sometimes sticking, which slowed her progress.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • She turned and squelched down the first-floor corridor to the other end of Eliot.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Squelching at every other step, Perrin climbed to Moiraine's hut and knocked.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Suppressing a shudder, Worf started down the corridor, his boots squelching in the damp slime.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • To show me how the project got started, Jacobs leads me across a farm field, through squelching mud that smells of cow manure and rotten potatoes, and up a steeply sloped berm.

    Academic text (2009)

  • As we walked through the wet grass, I could hear my shoes squelch with each step I took.

  • With every step he took on the soggy trail, the mud would squelch loudly, making it hard to walk quietly.

Synonyms

to splash
vsto squelch
91 1.0

To make liquid move so it hits things and makes noise

describes a soft sucking sound when moving through mud not general noisy liquid movement
to slosh
vsto squelch
22 3.7

To move liquid so it splashes or to walk through water making splashing sounds

creates a soft sucking sound instead of loud noisy liquid movement when moving
to squish
vsto squelch
10 5.3

To walk with a soft, wet sucking sound through mud

is the broader act of making that soft sucking sound even without walking
to slop
vsto squelch
1 7.4

To walk through mud or water and make a splashing sound

focuses on a soft sucking sound rather than general muddy movement
sploshing
vsto squelch
1 7.4

The movement and sound made when something hits water or mud

focuses on a soft sucking noise while moving through mud not noisy liquid movement
to slush
vsto squelch
4.4

To move with difficulty through wet, soft ground, making splashes

involves a softer sucking noise rather than loud wet noises when moving
to splosh
vsto squelch
  • UK
7.2

To move through water and make a loud wet sound

involves a soft sucking sound rather than loud wet noises when moving
to sog
vsto squelch
9.5

To move slowly through wet or muddy ground

adds a distinctive soft wet sucking sound rather than mere slow movement

Compounds

squelch circuit
  • Specialized
7.5

A circuit in a radio that mutes the sound when the signal is weaker than background noise

How Noisy

to splash
91 1.0
to slosh
22 3.7
to squelch
3 7.0
to wade
22 2.2
to trudge
21 5.5
to shuffle
45 3.8

Surface Forms

squelch infinitive
squelched past
squelched past participle
squelching present participle
squelches third person singular

Etymology

Squelch is a sound word that copies the wet, sucking noise you make when you step in mud, like squish or squash. So to squelch along a trail is to walk making that wet, noisy sound.